Bradley James is an English actor. Debuting in 2008, his breakthrough role as Arthur Pendragon in Merlin came later that year. He has since appeared in Homeland and iZombie, and will star as the title character in the upcoming Damien. Film roles include Carl in Fast Girls in 2012 and a villain in the future Underworld: Next Generation. read More»

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The thriller series follows the adult life of Damien Thorn a world-renowned war photographer who gets his adrenaline fix by putting himself in extreme situations. He's brilliant, rugged, and can charm his way into and out of any situation.

Last chapter. Vampires and Lycans regain original forces to create a new species of half breeds created by Alexander Corvinus. Michael regains his memories and searches for Selene and his daughter. Humans and the new species live in a new peace.

Via Comingsoon: Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment announced today that Underworld Blood Wars will be the name for the fifth installment of the series, which features Kate Beckinsale returning as Selene. Underworld Blood Wars is scheduled to open in theaters on October 14, 2016.

Theo James (The Divergent Series) returns as Selene’s ally David, reprising the role he played in Underworld: Awakening. British actors Tobias Menzies (“Outlander”, “Rome”) and Lara Pulver (“Sherlock”) take on the respective roles of a formidable new Lycan leader and a fiercely ambitious Vampire, and Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”) again plays Vampire elder Thomas. Rounding out the film’s stellar international cast are: James Faulkner (“Game of Thrones”), Peter Andersson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), newcomer Clementine Nicholson, Bradley James (A&E’s upcoming “Damien”) and Daisy Head (the upcoming Fallen).

Anna Foerster is the director of Underworld Blood Wars. Foerster, who previously directed episodes of the television series “Criminal Minds” and “Outlander,” is widely known for her work as cinematographer on epic blockbusters such as Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and White House Down.

The screenplay for Underworld Blood Wars was penned by Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter, Priest) and based on characters originally created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman and Danny McBride. Lakeshore Entertainment’s Tom Rosenberg (The Lincoln Lawyer, Million Dollar Baby), Gary Lucchesi (Million Dollar Baby, Underworld), and Richard S. Wright (The Lincoln Lawyer, Underworld) are producing as are David Kern (Underworld: Awakening), along with Len Wiseman (Underworld, Total Recall).

One thing that can be said about this episode without spoilers is that it is filled with twists and turns, and stands out as a fairly unique show from what’s aired so far. Creator/executive producer Glen Mazzara feels that “Temptress” is a risk for the show, musing that if he was smart, he would probably not create risky episodes but would, instead, just do what was expected and give the audience exactly what it expects. “But that’s not what I do,” he laughs. “You think you’re watching a show of this guy who’s going to be the Sam Neill version of Damien in The Final Conflict, and we subvert that.”

He points to episode four as one in which the various storylines were coming together, only to break away and do a standalone story in episode five. And while the normal procedure would be to go from a standalone back to the main storyline, the decision was made to produce another experimental episode with six.

“I expect that by episode six,” Mazzara muses, “the audience will have no idea where this is going. And then those threads start to come back together in episode seven, but by that point we’ve pushed deeper into the characters that we’ve come to know.”

Bradley James admits that when he read the script for “Temptress,” he became “wobbly” because of the different style of storytelling. “I couldn’t quite grasp it or map it out in my mind,” he admits. “When I watched it, though, it was the episode that I enjoyed the most of the initial bunch because of how much it surprised me, and how it came out.”

Both he and Mazzara gives great credit for the success of the episode to the show’s new director/producer, Nick Copus, who joined the series in its latter half when an initial order of six episodes expanded to ten.

“As soon as Nick got on set,” James says, “it was obvious he knew every little detail of the show, the episodes and the characters. Like Glen, he was another great collaborator.”

One final thought Mazzara offers on “Temptress” is that the episode “plays as a complete horror movie from beginning to end. It feels more like a horror film than an episode of TV to me. Also, we get a lot of insight into Damien and who he is. That was the reason for doing this episode; we really wanted to spend a lot of time in Damien’s perspective and flesh out who he is as a character.”